Limnology of the Red Lake, Romania An Interdisciplinary Study /

• Main Authors: Romanescu, Gheorghe. (Author), Stoleriu, Cristian Constantin. (Author), Enea, Andrei. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Geography.; Hydraulic engineering.; Geographical information systems.; Physical geography.; Ecology.; Marine Sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Hydrogeology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Physical Geography.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6757-7

The Red Lake is a natural barrier lake at the foot of the Hasmasu Mare Mountains in the Eastern Carpathian Range in Romania. It was formed when the Bicaz River was blocked by a natural dam resulting from two landslides during an extreme heavy storm in 1837. This book presents an interdisciplinary an...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Definition of lakes and their position in the Romanian territory
• 2. Geographic location and boundaries
• 3. The Red Lake within the Bicaz Gorges-Hghima_ national park
• 4. Paleogeographic evolution of the hydrographic basin and the lacustrine basin
• 5. Morphographic and morphometric features of the Hghima_ mountains, the hydrographic basin and the Red Lake lacustrine basin
• 6. The nature of sediments within the lacustrine basin
• 7. Climatic setting
• 8. The seasonal variation of temperature, ph and dissolved oxygen concentration
• 9. Vegetation and fauna
• 10. The Red Lake wetland  boundary principles and ecologic characteristics
• 11. Water management
• Conclusions
• Index.